Negotiations in an expanded format have begun in Minsk: Poroshenko smiles, Merkel smiles, Putin is stern, a final document is being prepared
Minsk - Kyiv, February 11 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) - The leaders of the Normandy Four began negotiations in an expanded format - with the participation of foreign ministers and experts.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel came out for a joint photo.
After that, they moved to the meeting room. At the same time, Hollande, Merkel and Poroshenko walked together. During the protocol shooting, it was clear that the French president was smiling, Merkel and Poroshenko also exchanged smiles, but in general the Ukrainian president was quite serious and even gloomy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was also without a smile.
As a source close to the negotiation process told the Interfax-Ukraine agency, the leaders of the Normandy format countries, following their talks in the capital of Belarus, will sign a joint declaration in which they will declare the need to implement the Minsk agreements in the context of resolving the situation in Donbass.
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